This column on the art of the carousel is in response to readers who asked how volunteers actually carved the horses on the Berkshire Carousel. Figure carving for carousels became a lost art in 1930.
DENVER (KDVR) — A more than 100-year-old carousel in Colorado still runs with its original animals, motor and paint. The Kit Carson County Carousel wasn’t even supposed to be in Kit Carson County.
The city has a new carousel carving company ― All Around Carousels at 280 N. Diamond St., in the old Toy Time building. Eric Tomlinson of Mansfield, formerly of Carousel Works of Mansfield, bought the ...
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (WNDU) - The Silver Beach Carousel is an iconic attraction in St. Joseph. Back in 1998, a group of locals, now known as the Silver Beach Carousel Society, purchased the carousel from ...
Editor’s note: This story was updated to include comment from Gary Russell, president of the Choo Choo Barn Foundation, and to correct information regarding the history of the carousel. Originally ...
The 95-year-old carousel has been stuck on Restore Oregon’s list of most endangered places since 2012 when Jantzen Beach Mall closed. Finding the carousel a new home has proved difficult. It will be ...